Water Management (ECH 5512)

Second Semester 2011/2012

Exercise 1
Date: 21 & 22 April 2012

Problem 1

An irrigation ditch (rectangular) has a cross section that is 2 m wide × 3 m deep. It

conveys water (30 ºC) from location 1 to location 2, between which there is a drop in
elevation (0.0015 m per m). Take the Manning coefficient, n = 0.025. Calculate the flow
rate of water if the ditch is filled fully. If the same ditch, transporting water between the
same two locations, were only filled to a depth of 1 m, by what percentage would the
flow rate increase? Determine also the respective Reynolds number and Froude numbers.

Problem 2

Given a V-shaped channel with a bottom slope of 0.001, a top width of 3 m, and a depth
of 2 m, n = 0.025, determine the velocity and flowrate.

Problem 3
A trapezoidal channel measures 4 m across the top, 2 m across the bottom. The depth of
flow is 2 m. For bottom slope of 0.004 and n = 0.015, determine the velocity and
discharge (flowrate).

Problem 4
Find the diameter of a concrete conduit with n = 0.013, bottom slope of 0.0015, to carry a
flow of 150 m3/s with a mean velocity of 10 m/s.

Problem 5
Determine the discharge of a trapezoidal channel having a brick bottom and grassy sides,
and with the following dimensions: depth = 2 m, bottom width = 4 m, top width = 6 m.
Assume bottom slope = 0.002.
Water Management (ECH 5512)
Second Semester 2011/2012

Problem 6

Water on the horizontal apron of the 30 m wide spillway has a depth of 0.2 m and a
velocity of 5 m/s. Determine the depth after the hydraulic jump, the Froude numbers
before and after the jump, and the power dissipated within the jump.